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NFTs : Is The Spotlight-Stealing Blockchain Tech A Cash Grab Or The Next Big Thing ?
[Business]
2021/04/14 09:08
A $560K New York Times column. Beeple’s $69M JPEG. A $7M Cryptopunk icon. Jack Dorsey’s $2.9M tweet. Non-fungible tokens have applications beyond selling funky JPEGs and in-game items. Here’s what they are and what’s next for the tech.Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are blowing up, driving huge prices and explosive hype and earning comparisons to the 2017 ICO (initial coin offering) mania. By...
The World’s Top 10 Hedge Fund Managers by Earnings
[Investing]
2021/04/14 09:07
The top 10 hedge fund managers take home an average of $1.3 billion a year in earnings. - The hedge fund industry manages over $3 trillion in assets- Hedge funds often have a two-and-twenty fee structure, charging 2% on all assets under management (AUM), and 20% on profitsThe Top 10 Hedge Fund Managers by EarningsThe world of hedge funds has recently garnered notoriety during the GameStop/WSB d...
German Beauty Studio Develops a Digital Fragrance
[Product]
2021/04/14 09:06
The physical perfume includes a bottle with an OLED label and head notes of juniper berry, lemon, bergamot and pepper.A digital fragrance has been developed as an NFT, which could point the way towards a method for preventing counterfeitingFirst it was digital art, then it was digital clothing, and the most recent item to be digitised using blockchain is a fragrance, which has been turned into...
In 2020, Two Thirds of Google Searches Ended Without a Click
[Consumer]
2021/04/14 09:05
In August of 2019, I published research from now-defunct clickstream data provider, Jumpshot, showing that 50.33% of all Google searches ended without a click to any web property in the results. Today, thanks to new data from SimilarWeb, I’ve got a substantive update to that analysis.From January to December, 2020, 64.82% of searches on Google (desktop and mobile combined) ended in the search...
(Video) Autonomous Electric Ferry for The Future of Public Water Transport - CAPTN Vaiaro
[Design]
2021/04/14 09:03
Mobility and transportation are rapidly changing to become greener in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. From electric cars to sustainable yachts, talented teams are working in every transport category to provide a better alternative. One such project is the CAPTN Vaiaro which proposes two autonomous electric ferry concepts that offer a glimpse into the future of the industry. The team of de...
Global Venture Funding Hits All-Time Record High $125B In Q1 2021
[Investing]
2021/04/13 09:10
Venture funding in the U.S. hit $64 billion in the first quarter, according to analysis from Ernst & Young, using data from Crunchbase.Global funding last quarter hit an all-time high, marking the first single quarter to reach above $100 billion, according to Crunchbase data.Alongside the investment boom, new unicorn startups — those private companies valued at $1 billion or more — were c...
(Paper) Automatic Comic Generation with Stylistic Multi-page Layouts and Emotion-driven Text Balloon Generation
[Tech]
2021/04/13 09:09
In this paper, we propose a fully automatic system for generating comic books from videos without any human intervention. Given an input video along with its subtitles, our approach first extracts informative keyframes by analyzing the subtitles, and stylizes keyframes into comic-style images. Then, we propose a novel automatic multi-page layout framework, which can allocate the images across m...
Marriott is Testing Contactless Check-in via Kiosk as Travel Begins to Return
[Business]
2021/04/13 09:08
Marriott is testing contactless check-in and check-out kiosks and a "grab-and-go marketplace." The hotel giant is looking to "blend" contactless amenities with face-to-face interactions. The demand for contactless solutions has been on the rise throughout COVID-19.COVID-19 spurred a demand for contactless services, and Marriott is now leaning into this by testing its new contactless arrival kio...
Fully Vaccinated People Are Free to Fly Commercial Again
[Business]
2021/04/13 09:07
Last month I forecasted we’d see a travel boom this summer as newly vaccinated Americans book their first big trips and vacations since the pandemic began.Today I’m even more convinced this will happen, following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying that fully vaccinated people can travel “at low risk to themselves.” What’s more, travelers within th...
